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Wow, this is Taylor giving a master class in the positive side of passive-aggressiveness.  She played this perfectly.

When you overhear someone talking negative about you, whether its light joking or serious shit-talk, you can opt to ignore, confront, or passively-aggressively make it clear that you’re aware of what they said WITHOUT acknowledging that they’ve offended you.   

The latter puts ALL of the awkwardness on the other person’s side.  You can even read Taylor’s tweet here in her disappointed hurt voice, and it makes you feel awkward.

I say passive-aggressively, because Taylor saw her name mentioned here, and only acknowledged that and not the context of their conversation.  I’m sure Taylor’s compliment to the Chef was legitimate.

Dreher High grad lands role in ‘Hamilton’ on Broadway (The State) [x]:

Zelig Williams, a 2014 graduate of Dreher High School, recently joined the ranks of the must-see musical about Alexander Hamilton and the founding fathers.

Williams first auditioned for “Hamilton” as a freshman at Pace University in New York. As a sophomore he was invited to a bootcamp for the show. Now a junior, he was called back for a final audition in September and told he made it into the ensemble.

“It was a dream. I was with my friends and started crying in the elevator,” he said of the moment he found out he was cast. “Usually ensembles come on in different parts, but for ‘Hamilton,’ the ensemble is on stage the whole time.”

Williams will make his Broadway debut Oct. 11.

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“It’s crazy to be a part of something so grand,” Williams said. “It’s history.”

Kathleen Lee, the dance director at Dreher High School, said she was not surprised her former star pupil made it to Broadway.

“He’s so tremendous in his ability and he’s the most humble person I know,” Lee said. “That’s one of the reasons I knew he would be successful.”

She added that his talent and spirit elevated the Dreher dance program while he was there.

“He’s hands down the best dancer I’ve had in my program and I’ve been teaching here for 15 years.”

Williams said his favorite part about “Hamilton” is the choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler. Propelled by rap, hip-hop and R&B music, the dancing is as intentional as the historical references in the script.

“It’s just little things that I love that keep me thinking while I’m dancing. With (Blankenbuehler’s) stuff, you really have to know what’s going on within the scene,” Williams said.

Modern technology is making us anti-social!

Happy Bi Visibility Day/Celebrate Bisexuality Day! 

To my fellow bis: If you’ve ever been told that you’re just in a phase; that you need to hurry up and pick one; that you’re greedy; that you’re reckless; that you’re confused; that you’re too young to know; that you’re doing it for attention; that you’re selfish; that you’re not real;